This post is for all the baby mammas (and daddies) out there who are trying hard to save money, and give their babies healthy food. It’s all about making your own homemade make ahead and freeze baby food.
And no, I’m not pregnant or anything. Nor do I even have any babies around me, which is kind of sad!! I miss babies. The sweet smells, the snuggles..oh man. I need to stop thinking about babies before….well… (slaps herself) No. I have 4 kids and my twins just graduated. No. Just no, Karrie. No.
I just need to remind myself of all the other not so fun baby moments, like poop and not sleeping and fits.
There. That’s better. Moving on.
So today I just wanted to share some of my favorite baby food recipes because believe it or not, even babies like good tasting food!
Making your own homemade baby food is so so easy guys. Plus, you can freeze all of these recipes into individual portions so you can always have them on hand. I am sharing 3 of my favorite recipes that may increase your odds of your baby actually eating their food. Hee hee.
Recipe #1: Sweet Potato & Cinnamon Baby Food
2 sweet potatoes
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon powder
water or breast milk
Recipe #2: Pea, Zucchini & Mint Baby Food
2 medium sized zucchini
1 1/2 cups peas, fresh or frozen
5 mint leaves
water or breast milk
Recipe #3: Carrots and Nutmeg Baby Food
2 pounds carrots, peeled
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
water or breast milk
How to Make Homemade Make Ahead and Freeze Baby Food
The basis of making Homemade Make Ahead and Freeze Baby Food is to first cook the ingredients until tender, and then blend everything until smooth. If the consistency is too thick for your baby, then add water or breast milk until it is the consistency your baby will like.
Once the food is done, I like to add it to a silicone baby food freezer tray (like this one) for easy storage. Then, an hour or two before baby’s meal time, I pop one of the portions out and let thaw. You can even put them in reusable food pouches. These will save you so much money in the long run!
Have you ever made your own baby food? What have been some of your baby’s favorite meals?
If you love freezing baby food, you will also LOVE making freezer meals too! See some of my best freezer meal recipes here.
About Karrie
Food is my love language. But so is saving money. So I like to combine the two a lot and make thrifty make ahead and freeze meals to save time. Because life is busy, and freezer meals can come to the rescue for all of us. And yes, they actually CAN taste good. Read more...
Comments & Reviews
Cindy M Logan says
So glad to see this idea on your blog. I fed both of my babies using homemade baby food that I prepared and froze individual portions in ice cube trays. That was over thirty years ago, and I’m proud to say that this method saved our family a ton of money back then. try this for yourself and see how easy and thrifty it can be,
dora Fonseca says
hello, just to mention to research more about the use of spices to add to baby foods, cinnamon , ginger as well as nugmet etc are irritants of the stomach, adults adults should use with caution,, babies , why dont make their foods using natural ingredients just as is.
Cc says
With my second baby I made all her food at home. I would do Apple and pear, spinach carrots, zucchini, peas and a sweet potato, apples and potatoes, peas and apples etc I would cook up a large batch on Sunday the freeze
Karrie says
Nice!
Emily Rife says
Great Post Mrs. Karrie! 🙂 I love making homemade baby food, just never thought of freezing it.